PR Harness the record of the oval

Race Day

Tuesday, November 6, 2001

14 races at Plainridge Racecourse, pace, $38,700 in purses.

The Card

The official chart survives for 14 of the 14 races on this card. Every line carries the finishing position, the post position drawn, the winning time and the closing odds on the board as the judges recorded them.

The fastest mile of the afternoon was 1:59.0. Harness times are read as minutes, seconds and fifths rather than hundredths, so that trailing digit is a fifth of a second — the notation the sport kept long after other codes moved to decimals.

First Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,800 · 6 starters · Track FT · 2500CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
6/5H 5 ARMBRO RAZOR 2:01.1 40.90 Wayne D Watson Wayne D Watson
28.430.331.029.4
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 59.2 (30.3) · 1:30.2 (31.0) · 2:00.1 (29.4)

Second Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $5,500 · 6 starters · Track FT · 20000CLHC

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
6/9 1 CHAMP'S TKO 1:59.0 9.20 Leigh W Fitch John S Hanning
30.028.329.129.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 2nd qtr was quickest

30.0 · 58.3 (28.3) · 1:27.4 (29.1) · 1:57.1 (29.2)

Third Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $4,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · 8000CLHC

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR TROPIC JAZZ -
28.329.228.429.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 58.0 (29.2) · 1:26.4 (28.4) · 1:56.0 (29.1)

Fourth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · G&WITCHES

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR GOLD POCKETS -
29.229.029.330.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 2nd qtr was quickest

29.2 · 58.2 (29.0) · 1:28.0 (29.3) · 1:58.0 (30.0)

Fifth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $4,500 · 7 starters · Track FT · WO2400L6

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/33H 3 SOUTHWIND MENDHAM 2:01.4 12.70 Michael E Eaton Andrei V Guidette
28.429.228.228.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 3rd qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.1 (29.2) · 1:26.3 (28.2) · 1:55.1 (28.3)

Sixth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 7 starters · Track FT · G&WITCHES

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
7/12H 4 RED TO WIN 2:01.3 11.00 Ivan J Davies Ivan J Davies
28.230.230.230.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.2 · 58.4 (30.2) · 1:29.1 (30.2) · 1:59.1 (30.0)

Seventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · 5000CLHC

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/17T 7 BOOTS BURNER 2:01.2 120.00 Dawn P Anderson Dawn P Anderson
28.428.429.430.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 57.3 (28.4) · 1:27.2 (29.4) · 1:57.4 (30.2)

Eighth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW300PSCD

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/19T 6 LUCKY BIG GUY 2:02.4 7.80 Kim G Ireland Kim G Ireland
28.329.130.330.2
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 57.4 (29.1) · 1:28.2 (30.3) · 1:58.4 (30.2)

Ninth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,600 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW150PSCD

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR MS SWEENEY -
28.128.331.332.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 56.4 (28.3) · 1:28.2 (31.3) · 2:00.3 (32.1)

Tenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW200PSCD

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
DNF 6 HARLEY DAVID - 2.30 James E Hardy James E Hardy
28.429.329.431.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.4 · 58.2 (29.3) · 1:28.1 (29.4) · 1:59.4 (31.3)

Eleventh Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $3,000 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW400PSCD

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/18T 4 CLASSIC BURNER 1:59.3 11.50 Ralph H Andersen Robert E Brouillet
28.028.429.030.0
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.0 · 56.4 (28.4) · 1:25.4 (29.0) · 1:55.4 (30.0)

Twelfth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $1,600 · 9 starters · Track FT · 2500CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR TOOL STUD -
28.330.231.029.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.3 · 59.0 (30.2) · 1:30.0 (31.0) · 1:59.1 (29.1)

Thirteenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,500 · 8 starters · Track FT · NW300PSCD

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
8/DIS X5X BENJAMIN - 1.80 Greg D Bowden Greg D Bowden
28.129.030.029.3
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

28.1 · 57.1 (29.0) · 1:27.1 (30.0) · 1:56.4 (29.3)

Fourteenth Race

Pace · 1 Mile · Purse $2,200 · 9 starters · Track FT · 4000CL

FinPPHorseTripTimeOddsDriverTrainer
SCR SCR HESPERUS HANOVER -
29.130.129.229.1
quarters · widest is slowest · 1st qtr was quickest

29.1 · 59.2 (30.1) · 1:28.4 (29.2) · 1:58.0 (29.1)

Questions about this card

How many races were on the card?

14 races, of which 14 carry a full chart with finishing positions. 14 horses appear across the card.

Are the payout figures available for this date?

No. Mutuel sheets were printed without a year on them, so a sheet is only attached to a card when at least three horse names match a date of the same month and day. Nothing matched here, and no price is guessed at.

Where does 6 November 2001 sit in the season?

It was a Tuesday in November 2001. The meeting ran from spring into autumn rather than year-round, so a season reads as a scatter of afternoons and evenings — the 2001 index shows which other dates survive around this one.

Why do some dates show entries and others show results?

An entry sheet is printed before the race and lists the field as drawn, with post positions and the driver named at the time. A chart is written afterwards and fixes what happened: the order of finish, the beaten margins, the quarter fractions and the time. Scratches and driver changes fall between the two, so where both stand for one date they do not always agree.

Was this a trotting or a pacing card?

All pace races.

What was the total purse for the day?

$38,700 across the card. Purse is the money the race offered, split by finishing position.

Which class conditions were carded?

2500CL, 20000CLHC, 8000CLHC, G&WITCHES and WO2400L6, plus 6 others. Each one is a set of eligibility conditions rather than a grade.